installation of Git for Windows failing in certificate error

Question

I'm trying to install Git on Windows10 but cannot get over a certificate error.The error event in command prompt is as follows.

git clone http://-----.git
cloning into '-----'
fatal:UriFormatException encountered
  queryURL
Password for '[proxy]':
fatal:unable to access 'https://----git':error setting certificate verify location
CAfile C:\XX\YY\ZZ\ca-bundle.crt
CApath:none

ca-bundle.crt is in C:\XX\ZZ directory, not in the directory above.
Surprising was that neither git config --global http.sslcainfo "C:\XX\ZZ\ca-bundle.crt" nor git config --global http.sslVerify false did change any result although gitconfig file was successfully rewritten.
Is there any suggestion or information for help?

additional
git config --global --edit shows now

 [http]
  proxy=------
  sslCAinfo=----

but git clone command bring me to the same error.

Did you actully try http.sslCAInfo or sslcainfo? maybe you typed it wrong? — Shyam Babu, Oct 24 '18 at 09:05
tried both. I didn't know that there were 3 config files. I edited my question. I don't want to disable the ssl certificate mode. — computer_beginner, Oct 24 '18 at 09:44

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 24 '18 at 09:16

You can find the answer over Here

You can set GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY to true:

GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=true git clone https://example.com/path/to/git

or alternatively configure Git not to verify the connection on the command line:

git -c http.sslVerify=false clone https://example.com/path/to/git

Note that if you don't verify SSL/TLS certificates, then you are susceptible to MitM attacks.

installation of Git for Windows failing in certificate error

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